AS A MATTER OF FACT!

At first most slaves were shipped to islands in the CARIBBEAN. There they were sold and put to work on huge sugar cane PLANTATIONS.

Life for the slaves were so hard that many died within a few years. But there were always more Africans to take their place. The slave trade grew quickly. During the 1500's, slave ships brought about 240,000 Africans to the Americas. During the next century, the number rose to more than 1,300,000. Between 1700 and 1810, more than 6 million Africans were brought over as slaves. Millions more died during the MIDDLE PASSAGE.